Mayca Balaguer
Ejecutive Director
Mayca Balaguer
Mayca is a lawyer (UNC), Master in Procedural Law (UES21) and has a University Diploma in the Rights of Children and Adolescents (UNC) and a Diploma in Gender Studies, women’s movement and politics in Latin America (UBA).
She works as a trial lawyer at the Juana Azurduy Law Firm. She is a member of the National Campaign for Legal, Safe and Free Abortion. She has been a volunteer for more than 15 years at AFS Intercultural Programs Argentina & Uruguay.
She has been part of Fundeps since 2015, beginning her journey as a volunteer for the Gender and Sexual Diversity team. From 2018 to 2023, she served as Coordinator of that area and the Legal Affairs Area, assuming the Executive Directorship in January 2024.
maycabalaguer@fundeps.org
maycabalaguer@fundeps.org
Eliana Juncos
Vicedirector
Eliana Juncos
Eliana has a degree in Social Communication with institutional orientation, graduated from the National University of Córdoba (UNC). She has complemented his training with two specializations in Communication for Civil Society Organizations, at the Universidad Austral and the Universidad Católica Argentina. In addition, has given numerous workshops and training on the subject.
She is Director of her Strategic Communication Agency, dedicated to communication management for various organizations and companies, offering innovative and effective solutions for their needs. She was also trained in the organization of sustainable events, non-verbal behavior, ontological and ceremonial coaching and protocol.
Since 2015 it has been part of Fundeps. She was Communication Coordinator until 2021 and since then she has been Vice Director.
elianajuncos@fundeps.org
Noelia Garzón
Coordinator
Noelia Garzón
Noelia is a Higher Technician in Financial Management; advanced student in the Public Accounting career at the National University of Córdoba (UNC), and is also studying the Programming Technique at the National Technological University (UTN). Currently, he is completing the University Diploma in New Economies (UNC).
She has actively participated in work teams in the public sphere, especially in the area of gender and technology, coordinating projects, managing budgets, training and carrying out other leadership activities.
In the professional field, she works as a teacher of new technologies and is also a volunteer in Global Shapers Córdoba, a global network of young leaders, where she holds the position of Incoming Impact Officer. In all these spaces, their focus is on processes, objectives and people.
Since 2023 she has been part of Fundeps and is currently the Coordinator of the Administration and Finance Area.
noelia.garzon@fundeps.org
Angela Cordoba
Coordinator
Angela Cordoba
Angela has a degree in Social Work from the National University of Córdoba with a Postgraduate Degree in Human Rights. She has a Diploma in Human Resources, Corporate Social Responsibility and a Happiness Trainer. He has been part of work teams in the area of human relations and in the coordination of development, well-being and integration processes.
She is certified as a Social Facilitator, being part of community organizations with a perspective on health, gender, education and inclusion for families, children and adolescents at risk. She is currently finishing her specialization in Development and Respectful Parenting.
Since 2024 she has been Coordinator of the Team Management Area.
angela.cordoba@fundeps.org
Luz Baretta
Coordinator
Luz Baretta
Luz is a lawyer graduated from the National University of Córdoba and a notary student at the same University. She has a diploma in Contracts (UAN) and Ecofeminisms (Ecohouse – UBA), and has multiple trainings in gender, violence and law.
She is a professor at the Provincial University of Córdoba and has been part of interdisciplinary research, covering the legal perspective.
Since 2020 she has been a member of the Legal Affairs Area of Fundeps and is currently the Coordinator.
luzbaretta@fundeps.org
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Vanina Piccardo
Member
Vanina Piccardo
Lawyer graduated from the Faculty of Law of the National University of Córdoba and Diploma in Management and Control of Public Policies from FLACSO (Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences).
She began his professional career providing services for the Center for Popular Communication and Legal Advice (CECOPAL). Between 2016 and 2019 she held the role of National Legal Director of TECHO (Un Techo para Argentina A.C).
She is currently a consultant for ACIJ (Association for Equality and Justice) within the framework of the “Greater Inclusion, Better Rights” project.
Noelia Salvia
Member
Noelia Salvia
Noelia is a lawyer graduated from the National University of Córdoba, currently working as an associate lawyer at the López Tais Law Firm.
Between 2013 and 2019 she was a volunteer at the Argentine Youth Organization for the United Nations (OAJNU), carrying out various educational projects on human rights.
In 2018, she joined Fundeps in the Environment area, developing research and strategic litigation tasks in the field of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. She has participated in multiple research projects (CIJS) and university extension related to the promotion of human rights.
Alejandro Bokhdjalian
Member
Alejandro Bokhdjalian
Lawyer graduated from the National University of Córdoba. Diploma in human rights from the Provincial University of Cordoba. He participates in the Law and Control research group based at the Center for Legal and Social Research of the National University of Córdoba. He is part of the Institutional Violence team of the Latin American Institute for Security and Democracy. He is also a teacher of Armenian Culture at the Manuel Belgrano General Institute of the Armenian Community of Córdoba, primary level.
Melina Terreno
Member
Melina Terreno
Melina is a lawyer graduated from the National University of Córdoba. She has worked at the Ministry of Children, Adolescence and Family since 2019, with child protection and socially oriented advocacy being her field of interest.
Since 2012, she has participated as a volunteer and coordinator of Salesian youth groups, which provide workshops and activities to the boys and girls of the neighborhood.
María Laura Carrizo
Coordinator
María Laura Carrizo
Lau is a lawyer (National University of Córdoba) and has participated in numerous courses, workshops and congresses related to environmental law and socio-environmental conflicts. She works as an environmental lawyer and is a member of different organizations and social assemblies where issues related to the violation and promotion of human rights related to the environment are addressed.
She has been part of Fundeps since 2018 and is currently Coordinator of the Environment Area.
lauracarrizo@fundeps.org
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Ananda María Lavayén
Project Manager
Ananda María Lavayén
Ananda is a lawyer graduated from the Law School of the National University of Córdoba. She specialized in family and gender law from a human rights perspective and to be a lawyer for children and adolescents.
She has participated in numerous courses, seminars, conferences and training related to human rights, the environment and socio-environmental conflicts. In addition, she practices the profession privately and in a law firm that is dedicated to civil and labor law.
She has been part of Fundeps since 2018 and is currently Project Manager of the Environment Area.
anandalavayen@fundeps.org
anandalavayen@fundeps.org
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Ana Sol Olivera Aguilar
Member
Ana Sol Olivera Aguilar
Ana Sol is a lawyer graduated from the Faculty of Law of the National University of Córdoba. He has completed an assistantship in Criminal Procedure Law at the same institution. Ace
It also actively participates in courses and seminars related to the legal field.
Nina Sibilla
Coordinator
Nina Sibilla
María Victoria is a lawyer from the Faculty of Law of the National University of Córdoba (UNC). She completed his Master’s degree in Governance and Human Rights at the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM). She was an intern at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in Washington (2017) and at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in San José, Costa Rica (2019).
Previously, she worked as a lawyer in the Judiciary of Córdoba.
She participated in research teams on environmental and social rights at the Center for Legal and Social Research (CIJS) of the UNC and has teaching experience in the areas of Human Rights and Professional Practice.
She has been part of Fundeps since 2016 and is currently Coordinator of the Democracy Area.
ninasibilla@fundeps.org
Cristian Quinteros
Member
Cristian Quinteros
Cristian is an advanced student of Law at the Law School of the National University of Córdoba. He is an employee of the Judiciary of the Province of Córdoba. He was a student assistant in the subject Constitutional Law and participated in seminars on democracy.
Maitén de los Milagros Fuma
Member
Maitén de los Milagros Fuma
Maitén has a degree in International Relations from the Catholic University of Córdoba. She was a research assistant in the Policy and Gender Area of the Chilean Policy and Defense Observatory, an organization in which she currently works as a collaborator. In turn, she is a project coordinator at the consulting company Innovos Group S.A., where they work with science, technology, innovation and entrepreneurship projects in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Romina Pezzelato
Coordinator
Romina Pezzelato
Romina has a degree in Communication Sciences from the National University of Córdoba, with a specialization in gender and education at FLACSO_PRIGGEP and a Diploma in Community Feminisms from Abya Yala (National University of Jujuy). Her experience is linked to popular education and feminist struggle.
Since 2019, she has been part of La Marea Noticias and La Marea Formación, where she participated in the “Respect is law” campaign on the Gender Identity Law. She was a consultant in the Gender and Diversity Directorate of the Ministry of Health, coordinating the training of health professionals. For more than five years he has been giving talks and conferences related to access to the rights of trans children and adolescents. She is also a member of IELSAN (Institute of Legal and Social Studies of Lawyers for Girls, Boys and Adolescents.)
Currently, she coordinates the Gender and Diversity Area at Fundeps.
romina.pezzelato@fundeps.org
Carola Bertona
Project Manager
Carola Bertona
Carola has a degree in Social Work, graduated from the National University of Córdoba. She has participated in research and extension projects linked to feminist epistemologies, strategies and practices for the sustainability of life. Also, she has been co-organizer of cycles of training workshops and dialogue of Social Work in contexts of crisis and family intervention.
She has been part of different programs and public policies in the province aimed at guaranteeing the sexual rights (reproductive and non-reproductive) of young people and women.
She has been an assistant and speaker at various conferences, postgraduate courses and seminars related to the Social Sciences, the subjective experiences of intervention in situations of gender violence and the role of emotions in the construction of scientific knowledge.
She works in a social and political organization of the popular economy addressing interdisciplinary situations related to problematic consumption and gender violence.
Since 2023 she has been Project Manager in the Gender and Sexual Diversity Area.
carola.bertona@fundeps.org
Luz Baretta
Member
Luz Baretta
Luz is a lawyer graduated from the National University of Córdoba and a notary student at the same University. She has a diploma in Contracts (UAN) and Ecofeminisms (Ecohouse – UBA), and has multiple trainings in gender, violence and law.
She is a professor at the Provincial University of Córdoba and has been part of interdisciplinary research, covering the legal perspective.
Cecilia Bustos Moreschi
Member
Cecilia Bustos Moreschi
Cecilia holds a Bachelor’s degree in History from the National University of Córdoba. She is a specialist in Care Policies with a gender perspective (CLACSO) and is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Anthropology: Management of Cultural Diversity, Heritage and Development at the University of Seville.
Her work lies at the intersection of gender, care policies, feminist economics, and human rights, combining research, teaching, and work with civil society organizations.
At Fundeps, she has been part of the Gender and Sexual Diversity Area since 2015, where she served as a volunteer, project officer, and area coordinator until 2025. In this role, she participated in the design and implementation of projects related to care policies, feminist economics, media and symbolic violence, and sexual and reproductive rights, as well as in research processes aimed at supporting advocacy efforts. She currently remains connected to the organization as a volunteer, contributing particularly to the development of the care agenda.
She also works as a teacher at secondary and higher education levels and participates in research and cooperation networks focused on care from an ecofeminist perspective.
Mila Francovich
Member
Mila Francovich
Mila holds a Bachelor’s degree and a PhD in Psychology from the National University of Córdoba. She is a researcher at the Institute for Psychological Research (IIPsi), CONICET.
She is a Specialist in Public Policy and Gender Justice from the Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO) and holds a Diploma in Training for Community Accompanists against Gender-Based Violence from the Network of Universities for Non-Violence against Women. She has also conducted studies on gender and women’s rights at the Autonomous University of Madrid.
She has worked as a lecturer and consultant for public and private institutions. She is the author of academic and outreach publications focused on gender, public policy, gender quota and parity laws, and women’s rights.
Agostina Belén Copetti
Member
Agostina Belén Copetti
Constanza Attwood
Member
Constanza Attwood
Constanza is a lawyer, judicial employee of the province of Córdoba, attached to the chair of Criminal Procedure Law of the National University of Córdoba. She has been a volunteer in the Fundeps gender area since 2019.
Gonzalo Roza
Coordinator
Gonzalo Roza
Gonzalo has a degree in International Relations from the Siglo 21 University of Córdoba and has a Diploma in Entrepreneurship Management and a MOOC course in Development Project Management.
He joined Fundeps in mid-2013 and currently serves as Coordinator of the foundation’s Global Governance Area. He also served as regional coordinator of the Secretariat of the Coalition for Human Rights in Development between 2016 and 2018. Previously, he worked in the Area of International Financial Institutions of the Center for Human Rights and Environment (CEDHA).
He is a secondary school teacher and author and co-author of papers and articles on topics of Argentine Foreign Policy, Transparency, International Financial Institutions and Accountability Mechanisms.
gon.roza@fundeps.org
Clara Labat
Member
Clara Labat
Clara has a degree in International Relations from the Catholic University of Córdoba, a Diploma in Migrants and Refugee Protection from the UBA, and an International Diploma in Human Rights with a mention in Access to Justice from the Catholic University of Córdoba and the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights.
Currently, he is studying Law at the 21st Century University.
Committed to training on Human Rights, she carried out her pre-professional internships at the Office of Human Rights and Justice of the Córdoba Judicial Branch.
Julieta Boretti
Member
Julieta Boretti
Julieta is an advanced student of International Relations and Political Science at the Catholic University of Córdoba. She has worked as a volunteer in the academic Secretariat of the Argentine Council for International Relations (CARI). She is currently a research assistant in “Human Rights and gender: the role of government information in guaranteeing the exercise of women’s human rights” at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) and a CEERI Joven volunteer in the “Environment” area.
Maga Ailén Merlo Vijarra
Coordinator
Maga Ailén Merlo Vijarra
Maga is a lawyer from the Faculty of Law of the National University of Córdoba (UNC). She has a master’s degree in Procedural Law from the Siglo 21 Business University. She has participated in numerous courses, seminars and conferences linked to the area of public policies, human rights and management of social projects. She has been part of various organizations aimed at meeting the demands of groups in vulnerable situations.
She has been part of Fundeps since 2016 and is currently the Coordinator of the Health Area.
magamerlov@fundeps.org
María Laura Fons
Project Manager
María Laura Fons
María Laura is a Lawyer, graduated from the National University of Córdoba and Professor of Philosophy at the same university. She has been part of different social organizations aimed at defending the human rights of vulnerable groups, mainly children; and has developed postgraduate courses and participated in conferences related to social rights.
Since 2021, has participated in the Social Rights research team within the Center for Legal and Social Research of the National University of Córdoba (GIDES). She currently has a scholarship from the National Interuniversity Center for Research Initiation, to study the right to adequate food.
Since 2022 she has been Project Manager for the Health Area.
laurafons@fundeps.org
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Nayla Palacios
Project Manager
Nayla Palacios
Nayla studied Anthropology at the National University of Córdoba and received training in public policy project management at the Center for Urban Initiative.
She has been involved in programs and public policies focused on health promotion and prevention, applying a rights-based approach and the principles of Primary Health Care. Nayla served as Coordinator of the Indigenous Health Unit at the Ministry of Health of Córdoba and managed the creation of the Diploma in Health and Interculturality at the Faculty of Medical Sciences (UNC). She has also contributed to the establishment of dialogue tables between Indigenous communities, local health teams, and other government agencies in various localities of Córdoba province.
She has participated in numerous research projects, university extension programs, and collective participation initiatives related to processes of ethnic reemergence, territorialization, and Indigenous rights. She is currently involved in a project on Territories and Indigenous Peoples in Córdoba province (Secyt – UNC).
Since 2024, she has been part of Fundeps, working as Health Projects Coordinator.
nayla.palacios@fundeps.org
Noelia Flores
Member
Noelia Flores
Noelia is a Medicine student at the National University of Córdoba. Actively participates in courses, seminars, conferences related to the area of gender, racism, rights and community health
She is currently studying a Diploma in Human Rights at the Provincial University of Córdoba. In addition, is a member of the research team on old age in conjunction with the 21st Century University and Fundeps.
Paula Hernandez
Coordinator
Paula is a journalist and holds a degree in Social Communication from the National University of Córdoba. She completed a Master’s in Interactive Digital Communication at the National University of Rosario and a diploma in Political Advocacy at the National University of Villa María.
She was the General Director of Press and Communication at the Ministry of Women, Genders, and Diversity of the Nation. She was also part of the communication team at the Ministry of Human Development of Córdoba.
As a journalist, she worked for 15 years at Radio Nacional Córdoba and wrote for print and digital media. She worked on collaborative journalistic productions and public interest campaigns related to gender, diversity, and human rights.
She is part of a federal network of journalists that develops strategic communication and public advocacy actions in sexual and reproductive rights.
She is currently the Communication Area Coordinator at Fundeps.
paula.hernandez@fundeps.org
Sofia Rubiano
Project Manager
Sofia Rubiano
Sofía has a degree in Social Communication with an orientation in Institutional Communication, graduated from the National University of Córdoba. He specialized in internal communication for organizations.
In addition, she has knowledge in graphic design and social media management as a Community Manager.
She has been part of Fundeps since 2020 and is currently Project Manager in the Communication Area.
sofia.rubiano.eckert@fundeps.org
Sol Caverzasi
Member
Sol Caverzasi
Sol is a thesis student of the Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science at the National University of Córdoba (UNC). He is specialized in the management and planning of international projects, as well as has experience in the analysis of public policies and in the development of environmental political advocacy campaigns applied in the city of Córdoba.
Candelaria Fernandez
Member
Candelaria Fernandez
Candelaria is a student in the final work stage of the degree in Social Communication at the National University of Córdoba (UNC), with an orientation in Institutional Communication. He has experience in communication management and strategies for social networks. She took courses on human rights and gender.
Estefanía Grasso
Member
Estefania Grasso
Tefy holds a degree in Social Communication from UNC, with a specialization in graphic communication. She has been working as a UX content designer for over six years and has expertise in social media strategy and management. She’s constantly taking workshops—no matter when you read this. Tefy has been writing since she learned how to, creates content for social media and podcasts, and practices reading aloud as part of her ongoing skill development.
Nadia Pedraza
Member
Nadia Pedraza
Nadia holds a degree in Social Communication from the National University of Córdoba. She specialized in institutional communication and later focused on digital communication, strategy, and content campaign development. She is currently completing a Diploma in Communication, Human Rights, Gender, and Diversity at the Civil Association “Comunicación para la Igualdad.”